Good Governance Initiatives in Andhra Pradesh 2003 Summary :This book is a joint effort of senior officials of Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) and Knowledge Managers of Center of Good Governance (CGG), Hyderabad. The case studies and papers documents in this volume are real time experiments and initiatives taken up by the various GoAP Departments.

Jhargaon Convergent Planning for Decentralized Development Summary :The Jhargaon GOI-UNJPC case study is an experiment to achieve sustainable development at the local level through convergence and achieving Millennium Development Goals at the district level through Decentralized Planning and convergence of varied development programmes and schemes.

Integrated Watershed Development Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Management Mission, Madhya Pradesh Summary :Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Management Mission is a success story of peoples participation to sustainable improvements in environmental conditions, irrigation facilities and land-use patterns through the RGWMM in environmentally degraded villages of Madhya Pradesh. The case study is a participatory bottom-up approach, in which communities exercise control over programme activities at each stage and government and non-government agencies play catalysing, facilitating and coordinating roles.

Municipal Management and Capacity Building A Case Study from Punjab
Summary :The restructuring of Municipal Corporation of Ludhiana (Punjab) is a success story in terms of initiating various reforms related to managerial capacity building and community participation. By adapting the reforms, focused on increasing work accountability, transparency and innovative e-governance techniques the MCL has emerged as an aspiring organisation bridging the gap between prevailing delivery systems and public expectations

E-Governance for Information Dissemination
Bhoomi, Karnataka
Summary :
Government of Karnataka has established a success story in terms of Computerisation of Land Records through a project called Bhoomi. This project, which aimed at creating an online updation of land records, was performed through Kannada interface software, appropriately named Bhoomi, which is user-friendly.